Mazhar Botanic Garden

Echinocereus stoloniferus W.T.Marshall

Choyita

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001100
Common name: Choyita
English name: Biznaguita
Arabic name: اكينوسيريس استولونيفرا
Native: Mexico
Country: North America
(PGR): Rare

Stem upright, ovoid to cylindrical, slightly tapering toward the apex, greyish-green to olive-green up to 15 cm tall, 6-8 cm in diameter Ribs 14-16, low and slightly tuberculate areoles slightly elliptical, close set, 5 mm apart, Central spines 3-5 acicular, brownish, radial spines 10-12 flattened against the stem up to 1,5 cm long darker at the tip flowers short funnel-form, bright, showy yellow or whitish often turning pinkish on second day, fruit red very spiny

Ornamental. Medicinal.

Echinocereus stoloniferus subsp tayopensis (WTMarshall) NPTaylor

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Texture: Dry Enriched soil Lime rich soils Medium loamy Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Low water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Seeds - Clumping plant propagating using underground stolons, that forms large colonies of stems partly obscured by spines.
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.0
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Cactus
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Online
Plant Uses: Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cactus
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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